2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. Jeremiah 14:2 Why do you think Jeremiah had to make this point that the real jews are black and different shades of brown? Because you red people kept trying to build a religion off of our nationality. And it's easy to understand that you can't convert to someone nationality, using a religion.
@@yonathanrakau1783 "Judaism" started as a nationalist movement with Judean characteristics like halakha(behavior regulations) which eventually became a standardized religion.
Jews are an extremely fascinating historical group. A people who are fiercely independent, living much of their history in diaspora, but never being absorbed into the cultures around them, and managing to outlive and outlast their persecutors.
Hardly all of the Jews got wiped out but all practical reasons can be stated. You just have a few people there are mixed a d wiped out simply calling them selves Jews yet many of them cannot trace their Jewish ancestry past 500 years.
@@The-Opium-Den that just happened in the west you just had a few people that converted into Judaism and a few people that just call themselves Jews today but many of them cannot Trace their ancestry being Jewish past 500 years.
@@Reactionary_Harkonnen And can you trace your ancestry past 500 years? Most people commenting on this video have no idea who their ancestors were and what they used to do when they were alive. With that logic, you can argue I'm not Chinese because I can't trace my ancestry past 500 years despite my outward appearance suggesting otherwise. You're either from an illustrious family line or you track your genealogy as a hobby to know something like that.
@@louisbourbon2413 I actually couldn't care less about genetics. It's the continuity of the culture, language, history, etc. that defines a nation, not the genes.
My sister and her family live in the city of Modiin in Israel, where the Maccabeans are from. They are still buried there today, in the town of the aptly named Hashmoniim. Many religious Jews, specifically from Jerusalem, go on a pilgrimage to their graves every year around Hanukkah.
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A great sequel to this video would be the establishment of the Hasmonean Dynasty, which ruled a Kingdom of Judea from c. 140 to 37 BCE. They developed an early form of a constitutional monarchy with a king and the Sanhedrin acting as both legislative and judicial. The Great Sanhedrin was even able to try the king at court. The history of the time period is amazing.
here in India we have heard of Hanukah but i never knew the complete and proper story for the celebration. It was great and interesting way to learn about the festival. You could start a seperate playlist or miniseries about various religious festivals from around the world that have been related to wars or rebellions like such.
@@macmen007 That's not entirely true. The Eastern Orthodox Church still holds such books in high regard. Not sure if it's canon or not to them, but regardless, they're useful to understanding the New Testament.
Yeah they are really interesting because it's an underrated empire, and more over it was the only Successor state of The Macedonian empire that became an empire moreover the Seleucids managed to keep alive the Greek culture in the Middle East for almost 250 years!
I teach 9th grade Ancient History, and we just finished the life of Alexander the Great and will be covering the Maccabees next week - this video couldn't be more perfectly timed!
@@MrLoobu It begins with the Greek Archaic Period and ends with the end of Rome's Julio-Claudian dynasty. As for the "main lesson", I just try to give them the facts as free of personal bias as possible and let them draw their own conclusions.
@@TheManFromWaco Just seems like a very wide block of random stuff for an early highschool class to be learning, but hey, I wish I had such esoteric offerings myself. I had to find it in Uni and in my own time.
I am glad to got around to making this. I remember suggesting it years ago. Very well prepared and documented. Judah Maccabbee actually fought 8 battles recorded by history. Indeed, in the last one he was defeated. The Seleucid armies he fought were no-longer formed in rectangular phalanx formation, but in square roman fashion. This was something Judah was not prepared to face.
@Evelina1995 the "Greeks" refers to the Hellenists and the Hellenizers. The Hellenists were those of Hellenistic culture (the Seleucids in Syria and the Ptolemists in Egypt). Hellenizers refers to the assimilated Jews. The Macabean rebellion was against the Seleucid Hellenists and the Hellenizing Jews that sided with them. The Hellenists from Egypt were ambivalent, seeing the Maccabees as heroes but diminishing the Divine spirit of their rebellion. Hence, the Apocryphal books of the Maccabees, found in Egypt and written in Greek, portrays the Maccabees as heroes but omits the miracle of the Menorah.
Selucids: "We will make the Jewish people worship our Gods! They will become like us and forget their past!" Egyptians, Philistines, Assyrians, and Babylonians: "...yeah, uh huh...good luck with that."
@whesley hynes Hahaha I doubt you know many Israelis, then, because a hugely growing portion of them are the orthodox and ultra orthodox branches that are ripping Israeli society up from the inside. So keep your racist delusions to yourself.
@@Emcee_Squared Considering King Manasseh's captivity in Babylon engineered by the Assyrians, most likely yes. It can be pointed out that that event coincided with Ashurbanipal's reign.
Just a fun tidbit. In Tel Aviv there are two major football teams, Maccabi and Hapoel, both garnering considerable fan bases. Every derby (intercity match) between the two teams is a massive show. Whenever there is a Derby match that happens to coincide with the time of Chanuka celebrations, Hapoel fans usually chant loudly "ANTIOCHUS ANTIOCHUS OLE OLE OLE" I find it funny and interesting.
Another fun fact, "Hapoel" translates to "The Worker", and the literal symbol of many Hapoel clubs are the hammer and sickle, so this is also an ideological derby.
Freedom fighters to the core. I pray many of the hammer of Judha's descendants now follow The Jewish Messiah, Yahshua, Jesus Christ. And I know they do.
@@andreasproteus1465 I don't know what bullshit antisemitic source you're citing, there, but having worked on multiple sites in Israel that's gonna be a hard "you have no fucking idea what you're talking about" from me.
@@joshuapilling3641 This is the first time I have seen someone call Josephus reliable with a straight face lol Josephus is heavily biased in a number of ways and does little to hide it but he is the only source we have for quite a lot of first century Jewish history.
@@superelizabeth9253 1Maccabees and 2nd Maccabees is included in the Catholic Bible…in the Apocrypha of the Protestant Bible….and taught at all Seminaries. The Jewish scriptures have different authors/rabbis and sources, explaining the reason why it’s not taught or discussed within Judaism. However, it is discussed in Israel by scholars at Tel Aviv University and other secondary institutions throughout Israel! If you wish to learn more about the incredible Maccabbeen history, there are many online. There’s a lot of great videos online about Jewish history!! HAPPY HANUKKAH!!🇨🇦☺🇮🇱 P.S. There are also a number of thorough, multi-lingual videos online by Israeli scholars covering this subject and other Biblical, Talmud, and general history of the Jewish people.
@@superelizabeth9253 Hi there Super Elizabeth! Those are very KIND words….THANK YOU so much! You are welcome to visit anytime. I don’t know if you’ve visited often, but we always welcome wonderful people like YourSelf!🤗 I think the more we understand and learn about other cultures, faiths, countries, history, etc., the better people we become. I find this episode and other channels similar to this one, great resources! I enjoy learning. Have an AWESOME weekend Elizabeth! It is always a privilege to meet wonderful people like YOU! I hope we will connect again soon. Until then… I wish you much JOY and PEACE!❤
Maccabeus has double meaning in hebrew (in a different spelling tough...). Maccabee means hammer מקב But it also is an acronym short for: no god among the gods is like you, god. מכב"י= מי כמוך באלים השם.
@@joeshmo4892 The Kastoria folk were some of the best craftsmen in the world who apparently used leftover pieces from other countries to put together some of the finest fur coats. Today I have no idea what is happening to the Kastoria fur trade but I guess it must have declined to the point of extinction.
@@freedombro dude greece is not socialist. Do you know what socialism is? The workers do NOT own the means of production in Greece. Because they have healthcare they are socialist? LOL my guy you need to do some major reading
I’m watching this in December 2023, the week of Chanukah! Thank you for sharing the story of my ancestors and hopefully educating viewers about the history of Jews in the land of Judea and Israel that dates back thousands of years and being indigenous people of the land.
@@abc-mf8rr jews were there 1200 years before muslims existed Palestinian was not a thing until 1948, the palistinians don't have the historic right to the land. the comment didn't have to be political.
@@weaponizedbattletoaster who Goliath was? 1200 years before "muslims" there was not existe word "Jews" Whom Ashkenazis found and who fed them when they desembarked with the ships from Germani Ukraine,Russia ect. on Palestinian soil? You must learn history to liberate your selfe Do not be an ignorant
As an Australian, I'm always jealous of other cultures that have such rich and extensive history and heritage to look back on. When your nations history stretches back a mere 200 years compared to the thousands of years others enjoy it humbles you just a little bit 🙃 Edit: For those of you wondering I'm still proud to be Australian, we're just a very young nation compared with much of the world.
I know one certain Greek minister/former books salesman, who surely knows about the whole story & yet he sent wishes to the Jews for this hanukkah thing.
What's fascinating about Jewish resistance all over the past millennium is they are not professional warriors per se, it's their zealot and faith that keeps the fight in them. And that's gotta means something
If you ave ever visited Isreal you would know that it is basically a modern Maccabee state :) All the Jewish people enter the military. And the Jews way back when were known to be great warriors. The ancient Persians hired them as mercenaries to protect the northern borders. They are the Jews that are now known as Mountain Jews.
@@Lagolop lol no they weren’t, they got their asses handed to them numerous amounts of time and got dispersed for almost 2000 years and needed the British empire and America to help create and protect their state
@@NYCGangsta20 That was in the past but there were many victories as well especially considering what a tiny population the Jews were and vastly outnumbered. But let's get to the present. Can you indicate one time there were any boot on the ground to defend Isreal from the USA or Britain or in fact ANY country? Just name one time. Never is the correct answer. The tiny teeny population of Jews kicked the arabs arses to kingdom come since the day after the Jewish state was declared independent. Why do you think the muzleem/arabs are going insane. They cannot defeat the Jews even when they gang up on them. And now that Isreal is a super power (10th strongest in the world) and has the 4th most powerful military, that makes Jew haters and Isreal deniers go nuts. Gut Shabbos :)
Zealots or not, Jews were always prepared to pay the highest prices to preserve their culture and identity. That's why we still exist, while many ancient nations reached extinction by assimilation.
Ezekiel 36:22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. Ezekiel 26:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
Israel was Europa the daughter of Jew-pater jupiter (Zion, Zeus). Todays Israel is a state sanctioned by the elites in 1948 for the world to pay tribute. Also the Israelis of today are the same turkic nomads/real mongolians who inhabit all the lands of Shem. From modern day turkey to the the rock of gibr-altar was Israel. Slavic nomads and turkic nomads are what we see today. The greeks/romans were the jews
*Selucids* "You're going to start worshipping our gods." *Jews* "Nope! We're sticking with Yahweh!" *Selucids* "Oh, Zeus! Bring your fellow gods in and crush these infidels!" *Zeus* "Um... NOT our fight, dudes."
Wild the Greeks ended up being some of the most devout christian believers in suculed country,Syria and turkey.7 churches.greek language all over the roman empire.
Herod the Great is honestly one of the most fascinating people in history. He’s probably the only person to bet on the losing horse (Marc Antony) and still get a promotion.
Very well done historical piece on the Maccabean battles against the Seleucids, along with the purification process of the Holy Temple. If the enlightened and tolerant Ptolemaic Dynasty had simply remained in control of Judea, a war of spiritual survival against the Hellenizers would likely have never occurred.
This particular battle involving Maccabaeus’s brother slaying an elephant and the bravery and cunning displayed when Jerusalem was seized by the Romans was absolutely legendary
@Read Father Seraphim Rose Maybe they should just...pay the rent? No one is being kicked out, only those that havent been paying rent for almost 2 decades. Stop paying rent and let me know how it goes.
@Read Father Seraphim Rose how the fuck this is related? And they should pay rent, when u live in a house that isn’t yours and u don’t pay u gonna be kicked. U see, 2200 years old Jews were already fighting colonizers in their homeland
"The Hills Have Hebrews" would be a great movie title in a story for the campaigning life of David during his stay with the Philistines and such as he went raiding regularly except not against his own people.
The irony that secular jews hold up hannukah as part of their Jewish heritage when the entire thing is about not assimilating and fighting to prevent that is amazing
It has nothing to do with religion but with culture… and when secular judeans in israel celebrate it, they celebrate the victory of their ancestors over the greek invaders. More like national event. But anyway almost every israeli believes in god… our “seculars” are your “religious”
You're responding to a three year old post, and it is religious it is literally celebrating a miracle that occurred during the rededication of the temple. The modern celebration and traditions were started by a pair of rabbis that were worried about their children assimilating so were trying to create an alternative to Christmas that Jews could celebrate.
@@Interwebssuparhero The Romans didn't care about exterminating the Jews, they weren't Hitler. They just wanted the Jews to be quiet for a few centuries and let Rome rule over the levant, which they succeeded in doing. It took them two or three long and bloody wars and it caused a major Jewish diaspora but they did win. The weird thing about almost every Jewish revolt is that the Jews lose yet continue on.
@chetnoMAN bruh, 2 billion people still worship a jewish heretic. another 1 and half billion copied our myths and history and made another world dominant religion. We were a tiny nation of people in history and are still a tiny group of people and yet we've lasted longer than rome and its marvels and our history and presence are known and felt world wide.
@chetnoMAN "Romans are all around Mediterranean" what the fuck are you talking about? "legacy is far superior to Jewish one" debatable... I would claim Christianity should be considered Jewish legacy
Many thanks for doing this great video, very insightful! Happy to know more about Jewish history in Israel, and especially the links between the different cultures.
Wow! I looooove Maccabean revolt! Being Greek myself, my ancestors seem to be the bad guys here, but there are many interesting details. For example Maccabees didn't sent letters to Romans only, but also to Spartans who replied very pleasantly. 📜💪
First and foremost the revolt was against other Jews, it had more to do with Hellenism than Greeks per se, and as you pointed out the Spartans sure didn't bother exchanging diplomatic courtesies with the Hasmoneans (but let's face it Spartans were always oddballs in Greece, and being Greek at that time didn't spare you from being attacked by fellow Hellenes!). Genetically-speaking Jews have a big chunk of Greek ancestry as well.
No doubt orthodox Jews were consulted in the making of this video, this video is acceptable and accurate from a religious perspective as well as historical, thank you for respecting our tradition and telling our story on the world stage.
Thanks for the amazing video! Could you also make a video series on Herod the Great and his dynasty. His life makes Game of Thrones look like a children’s book. It also involves important historical figures like Pompey the Great, Marc Antony, and Augustus.
Thank you so much! I'm a religious Jew who grew up hearing the story of Chanukah, and I've never heard this much detail, color and description! There were two instances where I flinched: you credited some percent of his victory as plain luck, but he would've called it G-d. Second: one of the last lines of the video, if not the last line, is we're they zealots trying to force their religion on people. I say it's the opposite: they were getting rid of a foreign influence that was being forced on them! Yes, they burned out the foreign influence, but it was being forced upon them, taking their freedom. They were fighters of G-d. Allowing them to be free to live a life of balance with our spiritual and physical selves.
I'm totally fine with Maccabees fighting the Greeks, but forcing your practices on your own people and annihilating perceived "traitors" among your own is problematic. The other time it happened, during the first Jewish Roman war in 66-73 CE, it didn't end well. The zealot factions were far busier killing other Jews whom they perceived as "collaborators" and "traitors" than fighting the Romans, which added a significant civil war dimension to the conflict. As a religious Jew, you should know that after the destruction of the second temple, the rabbis and sages forbade any violence against other Jews regardless of their views, the only exception being if they pose a direct physical threat. This is why Jews do not kill heretics, apostates, dissidents or sectarians. Some rabbis hold that the temple was destroyed because Jews fought and killed other Jews, rather than for other transgressions against the Torah.
@GoodGirlKate they were part of the Iranian world by all means but far from being an Indian empire. Especially since the Mauryans competed over modern day Pakistan and Afghanistan and succesfuly extended it till Kandhar-Kabul region in Eastern Afghanistan. If anything the Indian parts of the empire (some parts of west of the Indus and modern day Punjab and Sindh) were lost quite early on first to the Mauryans and later the Greco-Bactrians.
They seemed the most faithful to Alexander's vision in their generally more tolerant attitude to foreign culture; their founder for instance was the only general who kept his Persian wife when Alexander ordered his generals to marry Persian women. Of all the successor kingdoms they probably had the best opportunity to survive, it was just ruined by stupid in-fighting and bad defeats. The last hundred years of its existence are just an embarrassment of poor leadership.
@@dogeofgreatness2222 The Ptolemaic Kingdom almost went too far in embracing Egyptian customs. Incestual marriage of the royal family is not a good idea.
"Israel is the only nation on earth that inhabits the same land, bears the same name, speaks the same language, and worships the same God that it did 3,000 years ago.
According to the prophesy; they should no longer have their heritage: Jeremiah 17:4 “And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.” ISAIAH 1:2-3 HEAR, O HEAVENS, AND GIVE EAR, O EARTH: FOR YAH HAVE SPOKEN, I HAVE NOURISHED AND BROUGHT UP CHILDREN, AND THEY HAVE REBELLED AGAINST ME. (3) THE OX KNOWS HIS OWNER, AND THE ASS HIS MASTER'S CRIB: BUT ISRAEL DO NOT KNOW, MY PEOPLE DO NOT CONSIDER
Guerilla comes from the word guerra which means war in Spanish and from the suffix -illa, it was coined in the Pensinsular War in the early 19th century. That's what the dictionary says...
@@IslenoGutierrez You must be joking. The Lebanese, sure, I guess they got some Phoenician blood in them. Palestinians however have no relation to Canaanites whatsoever. Arabic is a seperate language from Canaanite altogether. Not to mention that the name "Canaan" is mentioned in ancient Egyptian documents from the bronze age (3300 BC-1200 BC) and the name "Arabs" first appears in 853 BC in documents about the battle of Qarqar.
@@JonasR001 The Palestinians are not ethnic Arabs, they are the indigenous people of the land that were conquered by Arabs spreading Islam. They were Christians before that (a good amount of Palestinians are still Christians). The Palestinians adopted the Arab identity, they are not actual Arabs from the Arabian peninsula. On DNA tests, they cluster WITH Canaanite DNA samples. Not near, but WITH them. Same as the Lebanese. Jews don’t want to admit that, but peer-reviewed DNA studies don’t lie. Lebanese also claim to be Arabs too, and we know for certain that they are heavily Canaanite ancestry. Lebanese samples on a recent scientific DNA study pegged Lebanese as 93% Canaanite. Lebanese are not Arabs either. Nor are Syrians or Jordanians. They are all native Levantines that were conquered and adopted new identities as Arabs. DNA studies supports this. And we know that the Jews were expelled from Israel, so that leaves the Palestinians to be the descendants of the ancient Canaanites, the only native indigenous people in Israel/Palestine. Well to be fair, the Lebanese could be seen as the indigenous people of Israel/Palestine (Canaan) too along with Palestinians since they are mostly Canaanite DNA.
@@IslenoGutierrez Here you go again Torres. While Lebanese did largely descend from northern canaanites (aka the phoenicians), the connection between modern Palestinians and ancient canaanites is non existent. A figment of your and PLO's imagination. Also, there is no much information about the canaanites from the time before the Jews. Most of what we know about the southern the canaanites comes from Jewish sources (whether it's the Bible, or modern israeli archaeology). So, you'd have to include the jews in that presentation, too. To your great disappointment. A little bit comes from the Egyptian, so we can include them too. So I think you'd be better off sticking t just the Phoenicians. There is plenty of info outside the jewish sources, but of course the Palestinians have even less connections with them.
Handel is a favorite composer of mine too -he wrote another oratorio dealing with the Seleucid era in history -"Alexander Balus" Alexander Balus was a claimant to the Seleucid throne who won the support of both the Ptolemaic empire in Egypt and the Hasmonaeans in Israel but Alexander came unstuck -was defeated at the Battle of Gaza,fled to Petra but was betrayed and killed by the Nabataean king.The music is to die for especially Cleopatra's(not the famous one)aria "Calm thou my soul kind Isis.."
In 25 of March it s the 200 years anniversary since the start of the Greek War of Independence from the Ottomans...Can u make a tribute video for that? We would appreciate it😉😉
I watched this channel when I was younger. So glad to see it's still around with I think even the same narrator. This episode had me hooked to the screen for the full duration. Worth sharing with interested friends. Thanks K&G!
The story of Elazar killing the elephant may have been the inspiration to J.R.R. Tolkien in writing the scene of the Battle for Middle Earth in The Return of the King. Tolkien was well versed in thr Hebrew Bible and the history of the Judean People.
@@missourimongoose7643 Judeans are not secretive about their language or culture. Christians in Europe segregated Judeans in ghettos starting with the first ghetto in Venice. In eastern Europe Judeans were restricted to living in the Pale of Settlement. Throughout Europe Judeans were not allowed to buy land, could not enter most occupations and professions until the 19th century. This segregation kept Judeans away. Further Judeans were persecuted, murdered and exiled throughout the medieval ages in Europe.
I've never really known much about the origins of Hanukkah. Thank you very much for educating me with just how fascinating the real story is! Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you friends! :)
Great video as always, but I found naming Antiochos Epiphanes a ''proto-Nero'' a somewhat gross exaggeration. Or maybe an astonishingly accurate one, if we compare how historical sources depicted them both as evil. The main sources we have on Epiphanes' reign are both hostile to him, the first one being from the Jewish people themselves, the other from Polybios, a friend of Rome. Epiphanes was definitely an extravagant king, much like Nero was as an emperor, but a bad one? He was clearly able to navigate the complex political currents of the time, keeping his alliance with Rome while empowering his kingdom (which was an almost impossible feat to accomplish, Perseus and the Macedonian kingdom being proof of it), and he lead the Seleucids out of the economical/political crisis that had been crippling its affairs since the death of Antiochos the Great ten years before his own reign.
Thank you for this video. I really looked long for a military history of Israel/Judea, and I wondered what was going on during the Macedonian/Greek era.
Thank you for this. The Maccabean Revolt is a part of history few people cover even though the Jews use of ambush tactics is almost as impressive and the German's Tuetoberg victory.
It's actually more impressive. This video is really short and miss lot of details, plus it doesn't include the two great revolts against Rome that came~ 230 and 290 years later. Bar Kokhba revolt against Rome is one of its hardest wars ever, very few of its many wars actually comparable to that. It last 3.5 years , Rome had to declare mandatory conscription for its first time in 100 years, Rome concentrated half of its entire military in Judea in effort to win this war. It lost two legions and almost all other legions suffered heavy causalities. For the only time in history perhaps, when the Roman emperor then, Hadrian, wrote report to the Roman Senate he didn't sign it with "Me and my legions are well" and instead only signed "I'm well". When decades later Roman emperors felt that their war challenges are too big their advisers suggested them to remember with what Hadrian had to deal in Judea. Tuetoberg victory wasn't that great. The Roman legions didn't came for war, the were scattered along 20 km long line and among them many civilians walked- they were ambushed by 80000 Germans led by Arminius a German who was officer in the Roman army and appointed to something like being Rome representative to the German tribes in Germany- he invited the Romans just to Ambush them in territory they really were unfamiliar with. It was impressive but short, last only 3 days. Rome was in shock, but few years later sent its legions to avenge the fallen legions and it was really one sided- in very short time they destroyed most of the tribes that were involved in that. Arminius escaped (just to be killed shortly after by fellow Germans of a different tribe than his) but his wife was taken prisoner. In any case, the most impressive war, military speaking, against Rome- was this of Hannibal, and in my opinion it was perhaps world's most important war. Had Hannibal won, history would look so different. Same can be said about the destruction of the second Jewish temple by Titus- it dramatically changed the path of global history.
I'm a Sephardi Jew and there is a difference between the nation of Israel and the land of Israel, we do not have the right to live in the land of Israel until the Messiach arrives and leads us there to establish a Jewish Kingdom. The current country of Israel does not represent the nation of Israel. I want a country for Arabs and Jews, if they call it Palestine I am okay with that.
Jewish History is very interesting and should be more covered. As a Muslim, I think that Jews have a very interesting history and thanks for this video Kings and Generals
@@ZahrDalsk hu? I don't know in what place you live, but if a religion don't believe in many gods, you should not bring other God to their temple or church. Go to a Catholics church and put something that is bad to them there they will be mad, a Muslim and Jew the same - but they will not be mad if you worship your gods in another place. You have to understand the difference between the monotheistic and polytheistic. The polytheistic will of course not care that much because they believe in many gods. Bruh you're disconnected from reality...
I'm sure someone already noted, but the Menorah had seven candles, and the modern version that is used in Hanuka has 9 candles and called Hanukiya. The image shows a Hanukiya without the central candles, the Shamash.
I’ve read the Jews and Greeks got along really well till that one Seleucid. So many times it just takes one backed with a surprisingly few to ruin a good thing and force peoples to become violently opposed. They got on so well the Old Testament was translated into Greek as that had become many Jews first language and legal documents could be written in Greek, Hebrew, or Aramaic. Thank you for such a quick and extremely clear presentation
Uno de los vídeos más espectaculares del canal. Ojalá puedan generarse los subtítulos en español. A very cool video, and I wish we could get some spanish subtitles. Thank you very much and greetings from Mexico!
@@scottanos9981 I don't deny that Muhammad was chosen to save his own people but his followers twisted his message and waged war against the son of God dooming themselves.
@@scottanos9981 You presume too much about me, I am not anon and have a brain and they don't and i thank god i am not American. And if you think what i said was radical than you really need to go deeper in the web and you will find more extreme comments from people of both faiths, so grown up boy there is no safe space here.
There is no evidence of divine intervention. You have made a decision that it exists. You would have to prove the existence of a divinity, which man has so far failed to do. You would also have to know exactly what the god did to turn the tide. Are you suggesting that all unexpected victories by outnumbered forces is a result of intervention of an invisible man with magical powers. Like most believers, you do not know the difference between reality and mythology. We are not living in a fairytale world. Luck is a far more reasonable answer than the intervention of a mythological being of dubious character. Your statement is weak without substance. Learn how to think objectively and reject ignorance.
@@eltony586 Then run your same objective thinking through biblical knowledge and certainly only a fool would proclaim there not to be a God. Once you understand that you will certainly find all other faiths to be utter nonsense including the explosion monkey relgion you likley subscribe to based of your cliche hubris.
I am half Jewish and was raised predominantly as a Jew. Well done for visually showing the difference between a hanukkiah (the eight branched candelabrum) and an actual menorah (six branches)! Some Jews don't even know the difference! In 2001 my dad talked about the Maccabees being religious zealots that could have given the Taliban a run for their money, and this video put the facts and context around his remark, as well as hinting at why some of their zelotry was (and still is) often swept under the rug. Although you included the oft-repeated part of the story about the nare tamid (eternal lamp) burning for eight days, a rabbi at my college Hillel actually pointed out that this part of the story doesn't show up in the written record until several centuries after the battles with the Selucids when the Jews are being oppressed by new overlords. This part of the story was probably written to placate them. That said, it is the most widely told portion of the Hanukkah story, and according to this same rabbi, the story of the unlikely military victory of the Maccabees is rarely told among Jews outside of the United States of America. American Jews often tell this part of the story because it mimics the story of the American Revolution.
Thank you for sharing these historical details. They’re informative, interesting and your manner of presenting is quite engaging and entertaining. Keep up the good work. ✌🏻
Today, me and my friends lighted the 8th candle IN Jerusalem, after watching this video and realize that i live here in jerusalem as a jewish man, i know that only god himself could have made this happen, always outnumbered and weaker but always here. thank you for the amazing video.
@jonathan c Sometimes I think we give too much love to the conquerors and glory hunters like Alexander, Caeser, Napoleon, Ghengis Khan and not enough to the brave warriors who stood in the name of freedom - Spartacus and Judah Maccabeus
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@Kings and Generala
Here’s My Summary:
Seleucid Empire: *“Accept Zeus or Else.”
Jews ✡️ led by Judas Maccabeus:
*“IT'S HAMMER TIME!!!”*
i look forward to your videos and always watch the new ones
We live in a golden age for historical learning thanks to channels putting out such regular high quality videos like this 🙌🏻 👌🏻
You’re implying that it’s gonna get worse
@@masterspark9880 watched enough Fall Of Civilisation’s videos to know it all happens in the end to everyone lol 😂 not for a loooooong time hopefully
@@danwillett5657 I concur. We surely are
@@masterspark9880 of course its gonna get worse. I mean, it already even started. How did you not notice that?
2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
Jeremiah 14:2
Why do you think Jeremiah had to make this point that the real jews are black and different shades of brown?
Because you red people kept trying to build a religion off of our nationality.
And it's easy to understand that you can't convert to someone nationality, using a religion.
Judea: "Thanks for the assist against the Seleucids!"
Rome: "Don't thank me just yet..."
"You are a friend of Rome now"
@@JonatasAdoM “friend” of Rome.
Hadrian enters chat*
I wouldn't say freed. More like ynder new management
@@JonatasAdoM For some reason this just made me think of the Tom Hanks movie with the Somalian Pirates lmao
"I'm the captain now..."
Now for 24 minutes, I will be in the Hellenistic Judea. Thank you kings n general.
i second your notion.
@GoodGirlKate Thanks. It emphasize who i am - cute and deadly ;)
@@murderouskitten2577 The Maccabees wouldn't like it though
this might lay the foundation of why jews are so nationalistic even after being turned to hay by the romans
@@yonathanrakau1783 "Judaism" started as a nationalist movement with Judean characteristics like halakha(behavior regulations) which eventually became a standardized religion.
Jews are an extremely fascinating historical group. A people who are fiercely independent, living much of their history in diaspora, but never being absorbed into the cultures around them, and managing to outlive and outlast their persecutors.
God is great
In Western civilization anyway. The Jewish community in China is nowhere near as resilient. But I do see what you mean there!
Hardly all of the Jews got wiped out but all practical reasons can be stated. You just have a few people there are mixed a d wiped out simply calling them selves Jews yet many of them cannot trace their Jewish ancestry past 500 years.
@@The-Opium-Den that just happened in the west you just had a few people that converted into Judaism and a few people that just call themselves Jews today but many of them cannot Trace their ancestry being Jewish past 500 years.
@@Reactionary_Harkonnen And can you trace your ancestry past 500 years? Most people commenting on this video have no idea who their ancestors were and what they used to do when they were alive. With that logic, you can argue I'm not Chinese because I can't trace my ancestry past 500 years despite my outward appearance suggesting otherwise.
You're either from an illustrious family line or you track your genealogy as a hobby to know something like that.
As a Greek I have to give it to the ancient forebears; paraphrasing “Epiphanes” to “Epimanes” is quite the burn 🔥
@@apmoy70
History buffs till the grave👊
Well, give the Greek Gods average story? There is not much room between the two terms to begin with :D
You look like a jew to be honest
@@apmoy70 You too!!! Lol
@@louisbourbon2413 I actually couldn't care less about genetics. It's the continuity of the culture, language, history, etc. that defines a nation, not the genes.
I've never heard Hanukkah's story told so completely.
Thank you Maccabees.
You've only heard 1 version told so completely.
*Seleucids* :"Assimilate. Resistance is futile."
*Maccabees* :"Stop! Hammertime!"
HAMMER OF GOD
Good old Tweek.
You created a great image of Yehudah Ha-Makabi break-dancing in Hammer pants.
@@robertlevine2827 you just made my week
@@robertlevine2827 Hey Greeks, see Jerusalem? Can't touch this!
My sister and her family live in the city of Modiin in Israel, where the Maccabeans are from. They are still buried there today, in the town of the aptly named Hashmoniim. Many religious Jews, specifically from Jerusalem, go on a pilgrimage to their graves every year around Hanukkah.
"still buried" is quite a stretch. there are some (long empty) graves traditionally held to be Hasmonean.
🕎🤴🏾👸🏾🇯🇲🇧🇷🇨🇺🇲🇽🇭🇹🇵🇷THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL Judah =Negroes, Benjamin=West Indians, Levi=Haitians, Simeon= Dominicans, Zebulon=Guatemala to Panama, Ephraim=Puerto Ricans, Manasseh=Cubans, Gad=North American Indians, Reuben=Seminole Indians, Naphtali=Argentina to Chile, Asher=Columbia to Uruguay, Issachar=Mexican
@@royaltylordprinceshamiyah1229 Er... No! That's just not true.
@@royaltylordprinceshamiyah1229 what the hell lmao, most of those aren’t even close to the levant in any way
@@highadmiraljt5853 ESAU GO JUMP.
The Hammer of Judea is one of the coolest nicknames ever.
I dunno How medieval kings didn't copied that.
@@philipthegreat7230 Charles Martel, The hammer
Sounds like a Yu Gi Oh card
@@philipthegreat7230 Edward I, the Hammer of the Scots
@@Ashtonlegoguy It was't cuz he use a Hammer at battles ?
A great sequel to this video would be the establishment of the Hasmonean Dynasty, which ruled a Kingdom of Judea from c. 140 to 37 BCE. They developed an early form of a constitutional monarchy with a king and the Sanhedrin acting as both legislative and judicial. The Great Sanhedrin was even able to try the king at court. The history of the time period is amazing.
Watching this as I'm celebrating Hanukkah 2021, or 5782 on the Jewish calendar. Anybody out there that celebrates Hanukkah sameach! ✡️🕎✡️
2022 - Shalom
Right here!
Here.Happy Hanukkah from Ventura County,California.
@Missa, Happy Hanukkah! 🕎
Gag Sameach!
here in India we have heard of Hanukah but i never knew the complete and proper story for the celebration. It was great and interesting way to learn about the festival. You could start a seperate playlist or miniseries about various religious festivals from around the world that have been related to wars or rebellions like such.
Start by reading 1 Maccabees & 2 Maccabees in the Apocrypha (which was declared useless and removed by Europeans)
@@macmen007 That's not entirely true. The Eastern Orthodox Church still holds such books in high regard. Not sure if it's canon or not to them, but regardless, they're useful to understanding the New Testament.
@@alanr745 it's canon
@@macmen007 Mainly by Protestants. It's still canon in major branches like Catholicism.
There are a lot of parallells between Hanukkah and the Indian holiday of Deepavali. The triumph of light over darkness and of wisdom over ignorance!
Damn this is a level of detail we don't even come close to in school and I live in Israel. Absolutely incredible video!
Uh... A palestinian!!!
@@mak13612 what's that? Is it something like unicorns and santa?
Legamrey bro... And people with last name as Cohen are mostly Sephardic jews
@HistoricalWarfare barely 25% are european. Rest are either north african, arab, druze etc.
@@Soothing432 exactly!
The selucids are such an interesting empire. Should do more videos on them!
yes!
@@ChevyChase301 really? Didn’t know.
@GoodGirlKate y r u in every comment I've read? tf 🤨
@@connorgolden4 gonna be a good night
Yeah they are really interesting because it's an underrated empire, and more over it was the only Successor state of The Macedonian empire that became an empire moreover the Seleucids managed to keep alive the Greek culture in the Middle East for almost 250 years!
I teach 9th grade Ancient History, and we just finished the life of Alexander the Great and will be covering the Maccabees next week - this video couldn't be more perfectly timed!
Thats pretty in the weeds for grade 9, which country?
@@MrLoobu United States
@@TheManFromWaco Well thats pretty unexpected. Where does the course begin and end in history and what's the main lesson for the kids?
@@MrLoobu It begins with the Greek Archaic Period and ends with the end of Rome's Julio-Claudian dynasty. As for the "main lesson", I just try to give them the facts as free of personal bias as possible and let them draw their own conclusions.
@@TheManFromWaco Just seems like a very wide block of random stuff for an early highschool class to be learning, but hey, I wish I had such esoteric offerings myself. I had to find it in Uni and in my own time.
I am glad to got around to making this. I remember suggesting it years ago. Very well prepared and documented.
Judah Maccabbee actually fought 8 battles recorded by history. Indeed, in the last one he was defeated. The Seleucid armies he fought were no-longer formed in rectangular phalanx formation, but in square roman fashion. This was something Judah was not prepared to face.
@Evelina1995 yes, plus a rebellion against an empire, plus lots of local and international politics mixed in the matter
@Evelina1995 the "Greeks" refers to the Hellenists and the Hellenizers. The Hellenists were those of Hellenistic culture (the Seleucids in Syria and the Ptolemists in Egypt). Hellenizers refers to the assimilated Jews.
The Macabean rebellion was against the Seleucid Hellenists and the Hellenizing Jews that sided with them.
The Hellenists from Egypt were ambivalent, seeing the Maccabees as heroes but diminishing the Divine spirit of their rebellion. Hence, the Apocryphal books of the Maccabees, found in Egypt and written in Greek, portrays the Maccabees as heroes but omits the miracle of the Menorah.
😢😢😢
Selucids: "We will make the Jewish people worship our Gods! They will become like us and forget their past!"
Egyptians, Philistines, Assyrians, and Babylonians: "...yeah, uh huh...good luck with that."
Greeks didn't care about others religion this is stupid 😂
Who said anything about Greeks?🤨
@@cpt.dimitra Did you watch the video?
Antiochus IV. Antiochus III was the one who got whipped by Rome at Thermopylae and Magnesia.
Lol more like
Judeans: well pretended to worship everyone’s god then revolt and cry after we get conquered
I see the Levant hasn’t changed one bit.
i see you in every historical video
@@Azhar_shaikh1 know the song
Yup. Terrorists slaughtering their own brothers whom they see as westernized.
@whesley hynes Hahaha
I doubt you know many Israelis, then, because a hugely growing portion of them are the orthodox and ultra orthodox branches that are ripping Israeli society up from the inside. So keep your racist delusions to yourself.
@Emanuela Teodorova does your keyboard not have an o? Tu need to learn to write to.
I’d like to point out that Judah was conquered by Babylonia but Assyria never did, they only conquered the northern kingdom of Israel
Well by the time of Ashurbanipal they were in control of the entire middle east.
@@Emcee_Squared Considering King Manasseh's captivity in Babylon engineered by the Assyrians, most likely yes. It can be pointed out that that event coincided with Ashurbanipal's reign.
They were vassalized
And you would know Josiah... Great reform 😉
Just a fun tidbit.
In Tel Aviv there are two major football teams, Maccabi and Hapoel, both garnering considerable fan bases.
Every derby (intercity match) between the two teams is a massive show.
Whenever there is a Derby match that happens to coincide with the time of Chanuka celebrations, Hapoel fans usually chant loudly "ANTIOCHUS ANTIOCHUS OLE OLE OLE"
I find it funny and interesting.
Another fun fact, "Hapoel" translates to "The Worker", and the literal symbol of many Hapoel clubs are the hammer and sickle, so this is also an ideological derby.
HaPoel Zona
😂😂😂@@Kalahridudex
@@Kalahridudex zonot*
I've never heard about that
Do you have a video?
Last time I was this early, Judea was ruled by judges.
Freedom fighters to the core. I pray many of the hammer of Judha's descendants now follow The Jewish Messiah, Yahshua, Jesus Christ. And I know they do.
@@ramichahin2 Oh, for fuck's sake...
@@TheMrcassina why? are you jealous or something
Every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
@@ramichahin2 no just pitying you
Seleucid Empire: You're all Hellenes there's no more Jewish elements here
Jews: Sike
The new testament was first written in Greek ,for anyone wondering.
@@andreasproteus1465 I don't know what bullshit antisemitic source you're citing, there, but having worked on multiple sites in Israel that's gonna be a hard "you have no fucking idea what you're talking about" from me.
@@andreasproteus1465 I'd agree on the bible thing but I think Josephus is more reliable than you give him credit for.
@@joshuapilling3641 This is the first time I have seen someone call Josephus reliable with a straight face lol
Josephus is heavily biased in a number of ways and does little to hide it but he is the only source we have for quite a lot of first century Jewish history.
SIKE THAT'S THE WRONG CULTURE!!!
Seriously one of the best channels on UA-cam.
Wow I’m Jewish, I love history, yet I never heard the full details of the Maccabee rebellion. Amazing video, I learned a lot.
Sadly its because it wasnt canonised into our bible
@@superelizabeth9253 1Maccabees and 2nd Maccabees is included in the Catholic Bible…in the Apocrypha of the Protestant Bible….and taught at all Seminaries. The Jewish scriptures have different authors/rabbis and sources, explaining the reason why it’s not taught or discussed within Judaism. However, it is discussed in Israel by scholars at Tel Aviv University and other secondary institutions throughout Israel!
If you wish to learn more about the incredible Maccabbeen history, there are many online. There’s a lot of great videos online about Jewish history!!
HAPPY HANUKKAH!!🇨🇦☺🇮🇱
P.S. There are also a number of thorough, multi-lingual videos online by Israeli scholars covering this subject and other Biblical, Talmud, and general history of the Jewish people.
@@shelleyhender8537 yea i know. Thank god they did it. And thank you very much!!!! Love canada!!
@@superelizabeth9253 Hi there Super Elizabeth! Those are very KIND words….THANK YOU so much! You are welcome to visit anytime. I don’t know if you’ve visited often, but we always welcome wonderful people like YourSelf!🤗
I think the more we understand and learn about other cultures, faiths, countries, history, etc., the better people we become. I find this episode and other channels similar to this one, great resources! I enjoy learning.
Have an AWESOME weekend Elizabeth! It is always a privilege to meet wonderful people like YOU! I hope we will connect again soon. Until then…
I wish you much JOY and PEACE!❤
You should learn at Shul. There are a lot of inaccuracies in the video. Don't get me wrong it's a good video just, not very accurate.
Maccabeus has double meaning in hebrew (in a different spelling tough...).
Maccabee means hammer מקב
But it also is an acronym short for: no god among the gods is like you, god.
מכב"י= מי כמוך באלים השם.
As a modern Hellenic macedonian from Kastoria, and the chalkidiki peninsula, I love your Hellenistic historical content!!! Much love from 🇬🇷
I’m ethnically Assyrian and I love Greek civilisation so much from Ancient Greece to Byzantium ❤️ ♥️
Kastoria enjoys beautiful nature by the way ... i visited once when the fur trade was bustling and the Astoria hotels full ....
@@leestokes504 hahah my grandfather was in the fur trade hahaha much love brother!
@@joeshmo4892 The Kastoria folk were some of the best craftsmen in the world who apparently used leftover pieces from other countries to put together some of the finest fur coats. Today I have no idea what is happening to the Kastoria fur trade but I guess it must have declined to the point of extinction.
@@leestokes504 the kastoria fur trade actually still exists! My uncles are still furrers.
Hey guys, can you do a series on the 1821 Greek War for Independence (It is the 200 year anniversary this year)
No
@@freedombro dude greece is not socialist. Do you know what socialism is? The workers do NOT own the means of production in Greece. Because they have healthcare they are socialist? LOL my guy you need to do some major reading
That be interesting.
No
@@frederick197 Say no to your mother
I’m watching this in December 2023, the week of Chanukah! Thank you for sharing the story of my ancestors and hopefully educating viewers about the history of Jews in the land of Judea and Israel that dates back thousands of years and being indigenous people of the land.
💯 HAPPY HANNUKKAH
CHAG SAMEACH FAMILYYYY
Happy Chanukah!
Palestinians are indigenous people of Palestine...not imposters from Caucausus
@@abc-mf8rr jews were there 1200 years before muslims existed Palestinian was not a thing until 1948, the palistinians don't have the historic right to the land. the comment didn't have to be political.
@@weaponizedbattletoaster who Goliath was?
1200 years before "muslims" there was not existe word "Jews"
Whom Ashkenazis found and who fed them when they desembarked with the ships from Germani Ukraine,Russia ect. on Palestinian soil?
You must learn history to liberate your selfe Do not be an ignorant
As an Australian, I'm always jealous of other cultures that have such rich and extensive history and heritage to look back on. When your nations history stretches back a mere 200 years compared to the thousands of years others enjoy it humbles you just a little bit 🙃
Edit: For those of you wondering I'm still proud to be Australian, we're just a very young nation compared with much of the world.
@drc ula they don't drink Fosters lol
@drc ula I know, but it's only really popular outside of Australia, ask any Aussie
The Aborigenes of Australia have lived there for 65,000 years.
Australians are derived from Britons like Americans, Kiwis, etc.. are, and additionally, Australia's Natives are very ancient.
*smiles in emu*
Nowdays many Greeks don't know the story. Thanks
Dude, in order to know all about our Greek history, we don't need minds, we need quantum supercomputers.
I know one certain Greek minister/former books salesman, who surely knows about the whole story & yet he sent wishes to the Jews for this hanukkah thing.
@@eresseas_eudaemon Adonis?
@@argentianguis6510 Yes.
@@nikolaosmark5812 or Quantum computers
The choke point between Africa Asia and Europe also takes center stage in the great power struggles of history
The Separation Corridor
What's fascinating about Jewish resistance all over the past millennium is they are not professional warriors per se, it's their zealot and faith that keeps the fight in them. And that's gotta means something
If you ave ever visited Isreal you would know that it is basically a modern Maccabee state :) All the Jewish people enter the military. And the Jews way back when were known to be great warriors. The ancient Persians hired them as mercenaries to protect the northern borders. They are the Jews that are now known as Mountain Jews.
@@Lagolop You're right, from what I know about the Pike Phryanx, Amateurs wouldn't beat it
God gave them victory.
@@Lagolop lol no they weren’t, they got their asses handed to them numerous amounts of time and got dispersed for almost 2000 years and needed the British empire and America to help create and protect their state
@@NYCGangsta20 That was in the past but there were many victories as well especially considering what a tiny population the Jews were and vastly outnumbered. But let's get to the present. Can you indicate one time there were any boot on the ground to defend Isreal from the USA or Britain or in fact ANY country? Just name one time. Never is the correct answer.
The tiny teeny population of Jews kicked the arabs arses to kingdom come since the day after the Jewish state was declared independent. Why do you think the muzleem/arabs are going insane. They cannot defeat the Jews even when they gang up on them. And now that Isreal is a super power (10th strongest in the world) and has the 4th most powerful military, that makes Jew haters and Isreal deniers go nuts.
Gut Shabbos :)
[Abandons own camp, moves around enemy army, and takes their camp]
Judah: "All your base are belong to us."
Zealots or not, Jews were always prepared to pay the highest prices to preserve their culture and identity. That's why we still exist, while many ancient nations reached extinction by assimilation.
you still exist as a people only because of YEHOVAH
Ezekiel 36:22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
Ezekiel 26:23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
@@amsterdamG2G it’s Jehovah
Israel was Europa the daughter of
Jew-pater jupiter (Zion, Zeus). Todays Israel is a state sanctioned by the elites in 1948 for the world to pay tribute. Also the Israelis of today are the same turkic nomads/real mongolians who inhabit all the lands of Shem. From modern day turkey to the the rock of gibr-altar was Israel. Slavic nomads and turkic nomads are what we see today. The greeks/romans were the jews
@@LevisH21 greeks don't follow Hellenic religion they follow the religion created by Jews now only Indians follow their ancient religion
The Seleucids: "Why the stones are singing the Hava Nagila?"
When the rocks start reciting Shema Israel.
😂
*Selucids* "You're going to start worshipping our gods."
*Jews* "Nope! We're sticking with Yahweh!"
*Selucids* "Oh, Zeus! Bring your fellow gods in and crush these infidels!"
*Zeus* "Um... NOT our fight, dudes."
@Char Aznable Why do you think Zeus said what he did.
Wild the Greeks ended up being some of the most devout christian believers in suculed country,Syria and turkey.7 churches.greek language all over the roman empire.
I'm not Jewish but I think the maccabees are awesome they fought for what they believed and died for their beliefs... that's badass
The years of the Hasmonean Dynasty would be a great series, culminating with Pompey's entry into Jerusalem.
Oooooooohhhhh, yeah that would be an awesome series!
Then came antipater the usurper from idumea.
@@richmondlandersenfells2238
Exactly. Roll right into the Herodians.
Herod the Great is honestly one of the most fascinating people in history. He’s probably the only person to bet on the losing horse (Marc Antony) and still get a promotion.
@@PhoenixRiseinFlame and i heard that herod send a number of Jewish troops to aid antony in his campaign against Ptolemy Egypt?
Very well done historical piece on the Maccabean battles against the Seleucids, along with the purification process of the Holy Temple.
If the enlightened and tolerant Ptolemaic Dynasty had simply remained in control of Judea, a war of spiritual survival against the Hellenizers would likely have never occurred.
This particular battle involving Maccabaeus’s brother slaying an elephant and the bravery and cunning displayed when Jerusalem was seized by the Romans was absolutely legendary
@Kenneth Flores This story would make a great series, they are as brave as Spartacus.
@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-Like you asked I hope you answer him what does the flag of Israel mean
When the hills starts speaking Hebrew you know that you are in trouble
Hebrew / Aramaic
@Read Father Seraphim Rose
Maybe they should just...pay the rent?
No one is being kicked out, only those that havent been paying rent for almost 2 decades.
Stop paying rent and let me know how it goes.
@Read Father Seraphim Rose how the fuck this is related? And they should pay rent, when u live in a house that isn’t yours and u don’t pay u gonna be kicked. U see, 2200 years old Jews were already fighting colonizers in their homeland
"The Hills Have Hebrews" would be a great movie title in a story for the campaigning life of David during his stay with the Philistines and such as he went raiding regularly except not against his own people.
The irony that secular jews hold up hannukah as part of their Jewish heritage when the entire thing is about not assimilating and fighting to prevent that is amazing
Yes! Lmao
It has nothing to do with religion but with culture… and when secular judeans in israel celebrate it, they celebrate the victory of their ancestors over the greek invaders.
More like national event.
But anyway almost every israeli believes in god… our “seculars” are your “religious”
You're responding to a three year old post, and it is religious it is literally celebrating a miracle that occurred during the rededication of the temple. The modern celebration and traditions were started by a pair of rabbis that were worried about their children assimilating so were trying to create an alternative to Christmas that Jews could celebrate.
Great timing on my end because I’m about to begin learning about the Maccabean Revolt in college!
in what type of class hisotry-related, religious-related, else?
Jewish holiday prayer: The [ Insert Oppersive Regime ] tried to destroy us, they failed .... pass the Maztah Balls
@chetnoMAN I'm still here and yet I don't see any romans around.
@chetnoMAN I don't see any romans around...
@@Interwebssuparhero The Romans didn't care about exterminating the Jews, they weren't Hitler. They just wanted the Jews to be quiet for a few centuries and let Rome rule over the levant, which they succeeded in doing. It took them two or three long and bloody wars and it caused a major Jewish diaspora but they did win. The weird thing about almost every Jewish revolt is that the Jews lose yet continue on.
@chetnoMAN bruh, 2 billion people still worship a jewish heretic. another 1 and half billion copied our myths and history and made another world dominant religion. We were a tiny nation of people in history and are still a tiny group of people and yet we've lasted longer than rome and its marvels and our history and presence are known and felt world wide.
@chetnoMAN "Romans are all around Mediterranean" what the fuck are you talking about? "legacy is far superior to Jewish one" debatable... I would claim Christianity should be considered Jewish legacy
Thanks for condensing the long stories of the Maccabees into one video, it was very informative.
Many thanks for doing this great video, very insightful! Happy to know more about Jewish history in Israel, and especially the links between the different cultures.
Wow, this video provided me with an entirely expanded appreciation of the maccabees. Thank you for all the hard work in making this video.
Wow!
I looooove Maccabean revolt!
Being Greek myself, my ancestors seem to be the bad guys here, but there are many interesting details. For example Maccabees didn't sent letters to Romans only, but also to Spartans who replied very pleasantly. 📜💪
Να είμαστε και οι κακοί μια φορά ρε φίλε 🤣🤣
@@nikostombris5505 αγορίνα ήμασταν κάμποσες, αλλά περασμένα ξεχασμένα 🤣🤣🤣
First and foremost the revolt was against other Jews, it had more to do with Hellenism than Greeks per se, and as you pointed out the Spartans sure didn't bother exchanging diplomatic courtesies with the Hasmoneans (but let's face it Spartans were always oddballs in Greece, and being Greek at that time didn't spare you from being attacked by fellow Hellenes!). Genetically-speaking Jews have a big chunk of Greek ancestry as well.
@@dimyoll Σωστό αυτό
@@SaxonYear410 You mean modern Jews not ancient ones
No doubt orthodox Jews were consulted in the making of this video, this video is acceptable and accurate from a religious perspective as well as historical, thank you for respecting our tradition and telling our story on the world stage.
עם ישראל חי
Your story? This is a story about the real Jews.
Or they read the book of MAccabees in the bible, for the making of this video...
@@notallgarbage it doesn't mention all the details the way Orthodox Jewish sources do.
I wonder what tribe is orthodox and resembles Egyptians.
Thanks for the amazing video!
Could you also make a video series on Herod the Great and his dynasty. His life makes Game of Thrones look like a children’s book. It also involves important historical figures like Pompey the Great, Marc Antony, and Augustus.
Thank you so much! I'm a religious Jew who grew up hearing the story of Chanukah, and I've never heard this much detail, color and description!
There were two instances where I flinched: you credited some percent of his victory as plain luck, but he would've called it G-d.
Second: one of the last lines of the video, if not the last line, is we're they zealots trying to force their religion on people. I say it's the opposite: they were getting rid of a foreign influence that was being forced on them! Yes, they burned out the foreign influence, but it was being forced upon them, taking their freedom. They were fighters of G-d. Allowing them to be free to live a life of balance with our spiritual and physical selves.
I'm totally fine with Maccabees fighting the Greeks, but forcing your practices on your own people and annihilating perceived "traitors" among your own is problematic. The other time it happened, during the first Jewish Roman war in 66-73 CE, it didn't end well. The zealot factions were far busier killing other Jews whom they perceived as "collaborators" and "traitors" than fighting the Romans, which added a significant civil war dimension to the conflict.
As a religious Jew, you should know that after the destruction of the second temple, the rabbis and sages forbade any violence against other Jews regardless of their views, the only exception being if they pose a direct physical threat. This is why Jews do not kill heretics, apostates, dissidents or sectarians. Some rabbis hold that the temple was destroyed because Jews fought and killed other Jews, rather than for other transgressions against the Torah.
Someone once complained nobody knew about the Selucid empire. I said not my fault they didn't read Maccabees
The Seleucid empire always fascinated me, they are part Hellenic/Middle Eastern, best of both worlds
@GoodGirlKateNope
@GoodGirlKate they were part of the Iranian world by all means but far from being an Indian empire. Especially since the Mauryans competed over modern day Pakistan and Afghanistan and succesfuly extended it till Kandhar-Kabul region in Eastern Afghanistan. If anything the Indian parts of the empire (some parts of west of the Indus and modern day Punjab and Sindh) were lost quite early on first to the Mauryans and later the Greco-Bactrians.
They seemed the most faithful to Alexander's vision in their generally more tolerant attitude to foreign culture; their founder for instance was the only general who kept his Persian wife when Alexander ordered his generals to marry Persian women. Of all the successor kingdoms they probably had the best opportunity to survive, it was just ruined by stupid in-fighting and bad defeats. The last hundred years of its existence are just an embarrassment of poor leadership.
@@BOSIE321 what about the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt? If I am not wrong they were also tolerant of Egyptian culture.
@@dogeofgreatness2222 The Ptolemaic Kingdom almost went too far in embracing Egyptian customs. Incestual marriage of the royal family is not a good idea.
"Israel is the only nation on earth that inhabits the same land, bears the same name, speaks the same language, and worships the same God that it did 3,000 years ago.
According to the prophesy; they should no longer have their heritage:
Jeremiah 17:4 “And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.”
ISAIAH 1:2-3 HEAR, O HEAVENS, AND GIVE EAR, O EARTH: FOR YAH HAVE SPOKEN, I HAVE
NOURISHED AND BROUGHT UP CHILDREN, AND THEY HAVE REBELLED AGAINST ME. (3) THE
OX KNOWS HIS OWNER, AND THE ASS HIS MASTER'S CRIB: BUT ISRAEL DO NOT KNOW, MY
PEOPLE DO NOT CONSIDER
POSITIVELY AN EXCELLENT OBSERVATION!!! TQ.
@@ianstumpf2949I'm not that knowledgeable in this area. Can you explain what you mean?
@@ianstumpf2949 Wow. Thank you. That sounds incredible. I'm definitely going to look into it.
Do you know about tamils
Great episode! BTW, the word guerilla comes from the Spanish translation used to describe the Maccabees little war against the Seleucids
What? How do you know?
Guerilla comes from the word guerra which means war in Spanish and from the suffix -illa, it was coined in the Pensinsular War in the early 19th century. That's what the dictionary says...
I am watching the video now, 6th night of Hanukkah, from Israel. Thanks for the beautiful pictures and storytelling
One of the most incredible story in Old Testament and I am watching it vividly, now. Thanks Kings and Generals
This era is not a part of the old testament.
@@Mikajsl78 It's not even part of the Jewish Tanakh
@@dontcare9974 macabeem book is a history book that is not a part of the bible, not of our(jewish) bible a least
@@בועזקשת-פ1ד It's a part of the catholic bible. And orthodox, if I'm noy mistaken
Read the entire 1 & 2 Maccabees for yourselves, These books are at the heart of the Feast of Dedication which is found in the scriptures.
OMG!!! YESSSS!! please do more videos about jewish/israelite history
I wanna see one about Canaanite history, before the Jews. The Lebanese and Palestinians would take pride in that one.
@@IslenoGutierrez You must be joking. The Lebanese, sure, I guess they got some Phoenician blood in them. Palestinians however have no relation to Canaanites whatsoever. Arabic is a seperate language from Canaanite altogether. Not to mention that the name "Canaan" is mentioned in ancient Egyptian documents from the bronze age (3300 BC-1200 BC) and the name "Arabs" first appears in 853 BC in documents about the battle of Qarqar.
@@JonasR001 The Palestinians are not ethnic Arabs, they are the indigenous people of the land that were conquered by Arabs spreading Islam. They were Christians before that (a good amount of Palestinians are still Christians). The Palestinians adopted the Arab identity, they are not actual Arabs from the Arabian peninsula. On DNA tests, they cluster WITH Canaanite DNA samples. Not near, but WITH them. Same as the Lebanese. Jews don’t want to admit that, but peer-reviewed DNA studies don’t lie. Lebanese also claim to be Arabs too, and we know for certain that they are heavily Canaanite ancestry. Lebanese samples on a recent scientific DNA study pegged Lebanese as 93% Canaanite. Lebanese are not Arabs either. Nor are Syrians or Jordanians. They are all native Levantines that were conquered and adopted new identities as Arabs. DNA studies supports this. And we know that the Jews were expelled from Israel, so that leaves the Palestinians to be the descendants of the ancient Canaanites, the only native indigenous people in Israel/Palestine. Well to be fair, the Lebanese could be seen as the indigenous people of Israel/Palestine (Canaan) too along with Palestinians since they are mostly Canaanite DNA.
@@IslenoGutierrez jews are canaaties as well, historians proved they were canaaties who made their own cultural distinct group in the bronze age
@@IslenoGutierrez Here you go again Torres. While Lebanese did largely descend from northern canaanites (aka the phoenicians), the connection between modern Palestinians and ancient canaanites is non existent. A figment of your and PLO's imagination. Also, there is no much information about the canaanites from the time before the Jews. Most of what we know about the southern the canaanites comes from Jewish sources (whether it's the Bible, or modern israeli archaeology). So, you'd have to include the jews in that presentation, too. To your great disappointment. A little bit comes from the Egyptian, so we can include them too. So I think you'd be better off sticking t just the Phoenicians. There is plenty of info outside the jewish sources, but of course the Palestinians have even less connections with them.
What a coincidence! I have been reading the First Book of Maccabees in the Orthodox Bible for the past few days.
Mee too, in the Catholic Bible, in protestant Bible they don't have this book for some reason.
@@MarcoAurelio-vv3gz it's because they mention purgatory in maccabees which protestants don't believe in
@@monkerulz
It does not mention purgatory, but prayers of the dead (which is also in the NT in 2 Timothy 1:16). And no, those are not the same thing.
@@monkerulz Orthodox Christians don't believe in purgatory too
@Daren Fliflet is this excluded from torah?
Eleazar's death is one big thick mix of bruh and oof moments
Thanks for this, now I understand Handel's oratorio "Judas Maccabaeus" much better!
Handel is a favorite composer of mine too -he wrote another oratorio dealing with the Seleucid era in history -"Alexander Balus" Alexander Balus was a claimant to the Seleucid throne who won the support of both the Ptolemaic empire in Egypt and the Hasmonaeans in Israel but Alexander came unstuck -was defeated at the Battle of Gaza,fled to Petra but was betrayed and killed by the Nabataean king.The music is to die for especially Cleopatra's(not the famous one)aria "Calm thou my soul kind Isis.."
you socts are maccabes..read your Arbroath declaration
In 25 of March it s the 200 years anniversary since the start of the Greek War of Independence from the Ottomans...Can u make a tribute video for that? We would appreciate it😉😉
Amazing content good morning from Greece!I love your channel!
Maccabees: *giVE mE yOUr foRESKin* and we mean *LİTeraLLy*
@@TeutonicEmperor1198 The apostle Paul said the real circumcision is the one of the heart, removing the need for the physical amputation
@Joske Vermeulen and because of that, Paul said they have to fulfill all the Mosaic law.
@Joske Vermeulen Culture and outdated medical beliefs to put it shortly.
@Joske Vermeulen because of trends.
@Joske Vermeulen combination of a weird religious thing the Kellogg's guy thought up and the pushing of a jewish ritual on the rest of society
as a jew, watching this on hanukkah is an amezing experience
You live in occupied Palestine and you are an American colonist outpost of operations and the rightful heirs of Himmler’s barbarism against innocents
I watched this channel when I was younger. So glad to see it's still around with I think even the same narrator. This episode had me hooked to the screen for the full duration. Worth sharing with interested friends. Thanks K&G!
I love King and General's videos. I mean who doesnt?
So, there really was a Hebrew Hammer. Cool.
The story of Elazar killing the elephant may have been the inspiration to J.R.R. Tolkien in writing the scene of the Battle for Middle Earth in The Return of the King. Tolkien was well versed in thr Hebrew Bible and the history of the Judean People.
Lies
@@rodneyvandermerwe188 you are a lie
@eedd sdsd It is certainly in the movie The Return of the King. I read the book some time ago
It's often said that Tolkien based the dwarves on real life Jews because of how secretive they were about there culture and language
@@missourimongoose7643 Judeans are not secretive about their language or culture. Christians in Europe segregated Judeans in ghettos starting with the first ghetto in Venice. In eastern Europe Judeans were restricted to living in the Pale of Settlement. Throughout Europe Judeans were not allowed to buy land, could not enter most occupations and professions until the 19th century. This segregation kept Judeans away. Further Judeans were persecuted, murdered and exiled throughout the medieval ages in Europe.
I've never really known much about the origins of Hanukkah. Thank you very much for educating me with just how fascinating the real story is!
Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you friends! :)
Great video as always, but I found naming Antiochos Epiphanes a ''proto-Nero'' a somewhat gross exaggeration. Or maybe an astonishingly accurate one, if we compare how historical sources depicted them both as evil. The main sources we have on Epiphanes' reign are both hostile to him, the first one being from the Jewish people themselves, the other from Polybios, a friend of Rome. Epiphanes was definitely an extravagant king, much like Nero was as an emperor, but a bad one? He was clearly able to navigate the complex political currents of the time, keeping his alliance with Rome while empowering his kingdom (which was an almost impossible feat to accomplish, Perseus and the Macedonian kingdom being proof of it), and he lead the Seleucids out of the economical/political crisis that had been crippling its affairs since the death of Antiochos the Great ten years before his own reign.
Thank you for this video. I really looked long for a military history of Israel/Judea, and I wondered what was going on during the Macedonian/Greek era.
Thank you for this. The Maccabean Revolt is a part of history few people cover even though the Jews use of ambush tactics is almost as impressive and the German's Tuetoberg victory.
It's actually more impressive. This video is really short and miss lot of details, plus it doesn't include the two great revolts against Rome that came~ 230 and 290 years later. Bar Kokhba revolt against Rome is one of its hardest wars ever, very few of its many wars actually comparable to that. It last 3.5 years , Rome had to declare mandatory conscription for its first time in 100 years, Rome concentrated half of its entire military in Judea in effort to win this war. It lost two legions and almost all other legions suffered heavy causalities. For the only time in history perhaps, when the Roman emperor then, Hadrian, wrote report to the Roman Senate he didn't sign it with "Me and my legions are well" and instead only signed "I'm well". When decades later Roman emperors felt that their war challenges are too big their advisers suggested them to remember with what Hadrian had to deal in Judea. Tuetoberg victory wasn't that great. The Roman legions didn't came for war, the were scattered along 20 km long line and among them many civilians walked- they were ambushed by 80000 Germans led by Arminius a German who was officer in the Roman army and appointed to something like being Rome representative to the German tribes in Germany- he invited the Romans just to Ambush them in territory they really were unfamiliar with. It was impressive but short, last only 3 days. Rome was in shock, but few years later sent its legions to avenge the fallen legions and it was really one sided- in very short time they destroyed most of the tribes that were involved in that. Arminius escaped (just to be killed shortly after by fellow Germans of a different tribe than his) but his wife was taken prisoner. In any case, the most impressive war, military speaking, against Rome- was this of Hannibal, and in my opinion it was perhaps world's most important war. Had Hannibal won, history would look so different. Same can be said about the destruction of the second Jewish temple by Titus- it dramatically changed the path of global history.
@@TheRosatus thank you for this! Very interesting!
Imagine telling Jews they dont belong to the land of Israel
EXACTLY
I'm a Sephardi Jew and there is a difference between the nation of Israel and the land of Israel, we do not have the right to live in the land of Israel until the Messiach arrives and leads us there to establish a Jewish Kingdom. The current country of Israel does not represent the nation of Israel. I want a country for Arabs and Jews, if they call it Palestine I am okay with that.
Jewish History is very interesting and should be more covered. As a Muslim, I think that Jews have a very interesting history and thanks for this video Kings and Generals
I was JUST reading about this and the Maccabees on Wikipedia. I'm a bit freaked out tbh
The eye of google sees all...
As an Orthodox Jew, hearing what Jason did to the temple pained me greatly.
Probably because Rabbinical Judaism puts so much emphasis on the Temple. 🙄🙄
@@ZahrDalsk he tolerate other religion by disgracing other? Lol makes no sense
@@ZahrDalsk hu? I don't know in what place you live, but if a religion don't believe in many gods, you should not bring other God to their temple or church. Go to a Catholics church and put something that is bad to them there they will be mad, a Muslim and Jew the same - but they will not be mad if you worship your gods in another place. You have to understand the difference between the monotheistic and polytheistic. The polytheistic will of course not care that much because they believe in many gods.
Bruh you're disconnected from reality...
Repent of your Jew ways.
@@solomonstolberg4383 The Rabbinic Judaism has no need for a temple. The end.
This is the first game I saw in a youtube ad that I'm actually glad I installed
I'm sure someone already noted, but the Menorah had seven candles, and the modern version that is used in Hanuka has 9 candles and called Hanukiya. The image shows a Hanukiya without the central candles, the Shamash.
Though around minute 18, there is a very good explanation😂
I’ve read the Jews and Greeks got along really well till that one Seleucid. So many times it just takes one backed with a surprisingly few to ruin a good thing and force peoples to become violently opposed. They got on so well the Old Testament was translated into Greek as that had become many Jews first language and legal documents could be written in Greek, Hebrew, or Aramaic. Thank you for such a quick and extremely clear presentation
Always interested in jewish history goodjob 👌
Honestly, that was exceptionally comprehensive and pretty cool. Cleared up alot of stuff with the ora tical approach.
Uno de los vídeos más espectaculares del canal. Ojalá puedan generarse los subtítulos en español.
A very cool video, and I wish we could get some spanish subtitles. Thank you very much and greetings from Mexico!
Well looks like Palastine was not invented yet
Weird I though Jews were europeans
So, this Maccabees basically Deus Vult but Jewish version
And successful
Or the original middle eastern religious fundamentalist fanatics...
@@transsylvanian9100 It's not really fanatical to want to fight for your home and history.
3000 vs 90000 super trained soliders...
You cannot simply sum it up with "luck"
Its called divine intervention
@@scottanos9981 I don't deny that Muhammad was chosen to save his own people but his followers twisted his message and waged war against the son of God dooming themselves.
@@scottanos9981 You presume too much about me, I am not anon and have a brain and they don't and i thank god i am not American. And if you think what i said was radical than you really need to go deeper in the web and you will find more extreme comments from people of both faiths, so grown up boy there is no safe space here.
There is no evidence of divine intervention. You have made a decision that it exists. You would have to prove the existence of a divinity, which man has so far failed to do. You would also have to know exactly what the god did to turn the tide. Are you suggesting that all unexpected victories by outnumbered forces is a result of intervention of an invisible man with magical powers. Like most believers, you do not know the difference between reality and mythology. We are not living in a fairytale world. Luck is a far more reasonable answer than the intervention of a mythological being of dubious character. Your statement is weak without substance. Learn how to think objectively and reject ignorance.
@@eltony586 Then run your same objective thinking through biblical knowledge and certainly only a fool would proclaim there not to be a God. Once you understand that you will certainly find all other faiths to be utter nonsense including the explosion monkey relgion you likley subscribe to based of your cliche hubris.
@@NewsChannel-y4g Enjoy your ignorance and delusion.
Great timing with this video! I just finished reading 1 Maccabees and was looking for a video to help visualize the events!
By far my favorite channel on UA-cam. Thanks for all the great videos
The Hellenes and Hebrews have such a rich history. No wonder the current mutual love and respect of modern Israel and Greece.
agreed!
I'd kill for a 300-styled movie about this. We need better than 8 Crazy Nights.
Sounds like Spartacus but Judean Greek version
The movie 300 was greatly influenced by these wars
@@ElihuNavon Judas and Leonidas have similarity vibes but different religion
The writing and narration are impeccable! Subbed!
I am half Jewish and was raised predominantly as a Jew. Well done for visually showing the difference between a hanukkiah (the eight branched candelabrum) and an actual menorah (six branches)! Some Jews don't even know the difference! In 2001 my dad talked about the Maccabees being religious zealots that could have given the Taliban a run for their money, and this video put the facts and context around his remark, as well as hinting at why some of their zelotry was (and still is) often swept under the rug. Although you included the oft-repeated part of the story about the nare tamid (eternal lamp) burning for eight days, a rabbi at my college Hillel actually pointed out that this part of the story doesn't show up in the written record until several centuries after the battles with the Selucids when the Jews are being oppressed by new overlords. This part of the story was probably written to placate them. That said, it is the most widely told portion of the Hanukkah story, and according to this same rabbi, the story of the unlikely military victory of the Maccabees is rarely told among Jews outside of the United States of America. American Jews often tell this part of the story because it mimics the story of the American Revolution.
"This supposed miracle of God." The victory meant nothing without the blessings and purpose of God on the endeavor.
*This Miracle
«Years and years ago, there were these people called... the Maccabees!»
- The Holiday Armadillo, 2000 A.D.
I never laughef so hard watching friends as I did in that episode
@@mattep74 so true
Thank you for sharing these historical details. They’re informative, interesting and your manner of presenting is quite engaging and entertaining. Keep up the good work. ✌🏻
Today, me and my friends lighted the 8th candle IN Jerusalem, after watching this video and realize that i live here in jerusalem as a jewish man, i know that only god himself could have made this happen, always outnumbered and weaker but always here.
thank you for the amazing video.
@jonathan c Sometimes I think we give too much love to the conquerors and glory hunters like Alexander, Caeser, Napoleon, Ghengis Khan and not enough to the brave warriors who stood in the name of freedom - Spartacus and Judah Maccabeus
I love your graphics. The birds eye view really makes these ever changing borders and ever marching armies come into clear focus.
We Jews now lives in our ancestral homeland.
No one on earth will get us out of it again.
Jewish culture is really fascinating, Very old group that still exists today in almost every society.
A usual you are doing a very professional quality historical documentary.. I am impressed..